Would like to know more about the following Ruark family found in Lawrence CoMOO 1850
Ruark Wm 48 m farmer Md
Ruark Margaret 31 f Md
Ruark Sarah J 21 f Ind
Ruark Joshua 19 m farmer Ind
Ruark Osias 16 m farmer Ind
Ruark Martha 11 f Ind
Ruark Cynthia 8 f Mo
Ruark William J 5 m Mo
Ruark Margaret 4 f Mo
Ruark Francis M 3 m Mo

There was also an older son named Henry Ruark who married Matilda Taylor. Cynthia married John Brown.
Cynthia and Henry moved to Parker Co. TX where Henry
changed the spelling of the name to ROARK

Tamara,

Hi,I'm a descendant of William & Margaret(Williams)Ruark.They were my GGG-Grandparents.They resided in the area until 1876,when he passed away. I don't know if Margaret passed on before him or not.Their children were,that I know of,Francis Marion- born Feb.7,1847 & Joshua-dob? Francis,my GG-Grandpa,married Emma McClaflin and they had 5 boys & 2 girls one of them being Virgil Ozias, born Feb. 6 1883,my G-Grandpa who married Verna Elizabeth Sturdy on Aug.22,1906. They had 10 children, they were Elma who passed away in 1940,Eva,Ethmer,Curtis,Edith,Eunice,Carl,Frank,Orville,& Francis Lester who was my Grandpa.Francis Lester married Annalea Mae Hoover and they had Roy,Avanelle,& my father Barry who married Carol Ann Franco.They had my brother Larry D. and myself.My mother passed away in Nov. of 1981, my dad later remarried to Martha Gwinn

I would like to know more about the RUARK Family in Lawernce Co Missouri. Looking for a William C. RUARK married Cordelia E. Jackson m. 05 July 1874 in Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas. The William that was 5 in 1850 would be about the right age to marry in 1874. They had three Boys, James K, Walter W, Franklin N. they were divorced in 1882. William is my GGGrandfather. I feel this deep need to find his family. Thanks for any help!
Ruby

Message recd from Jim Phelps - Samuel Ruark married Cordelia E. Jackson and they had 3 children: James Kimbell Ruark, Franklin Ruark, Walter William Ruark -

LDS (Family Search) has Franklin Nathaniel Ruark b. 8 Oct 1878 married Lucy Naves 2 Jan 1900 in Eureka springs, Carroll Cty, Arkansas
lists father as William Columbia Ruark and mother as Cordelia E. Jackson

We need proof of which is actually correct - I would think marriage records would be obtainable from Arkansas on both of these and prove one way or the other.

Jean

I am looking for a William Henry Thomas Roark b. 1875 that came for MO to TX sometime before 1896.
The only information I have on him or his parents/siblings is on the 1910 and 1920 Wichita Co, TX census he stated he and both his parents where born in MO.
He married Sarah Rebecka Ida Berry in Navarro Co., TX 06Sep.1896.
Very possible that he also changed his name from Ruark to Roark, and could be a grandson of this family.

Jean
I do have proof that Cordella Jackson Married William C. Ruark in Carroll County Arkansas Countyy Records I sent off for their marriage record. plus her Bible records and the 1880 census of Carroll County, AR. She is my Greatgrandmother. May I send the records to you. I can not prove it but I think that Samuel Ruark was Cordelia's father-in-law. Working on proving that, it is like hitting a brick walll.
please contact me at drmsnow@netins.net Thanks

My husbands great grandmother Sarah Laura Ruark was a daughter of Henry Ruark and Matilda Jane Taylor. Sarah had a brother William Henry Ruark who lived with my husbands grandmother in Mesa, Arizona after his retirement. I have some information from an obituary published in the Phoenix, Arizona newspaper. I cannot find who William Henry Ruark married but it was a women by the last name of Stratton since we have pictures of William Henry and his stepson Harry Stratton. Harry Stratton's wife was named Peggy and they had a son. All this information comes from family sources. Would like anymore information that you may have and I would be happy to share any that I have.

Just in case someone reads this and tries to help, I have found my ROARK family.
They were ROARK's all along.
The line is William > Levi > William > Amos > William Henry Thomas > John Thomas > Johnny Ray > Douglas Ray > Colton Jay Thomas. NC>KY>MO>TX,